What is Nintendos second biggest franchise? - Lets leave Pokemon out of this!

[blackstarr]

the_dengle said:

spurgeonryan said:
If we include pokemon. Then yes. Obviously.

Zelda is not really though is it? We only get one game every so often.

Not so. For most of the 2000s we got a new game every year. There's been a bit of a dry spell since Spirit Tracks was released because of increasing development times. Nintendo seems to be training up Grezzo to reduce the time between releases again.

2000 -- Majora's Mask
2001 -- Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons
2002 -- Link to the Past GBA remake/Four Swords
2003 -- Wind Waker
2004 -- Four Swords Adventures
2005 -- Minish Cap
2006 -- Twilight Princess
2007 -- Phantom Hourglass
2009 -- Spirit Tracks

It's a regular series, but not really an "annual" one. It's just in a slump that will likely turn around soon; I expect 3DS Zelda this year by Grezzo, 3DS and Wii U Zelda next year by Nintendo, 3DS Zelda the year after by Grezzo...

2011 - OOT 3D
2012 - Skyward Sword

If you see it like that, then only 2010 lacked a Zelda game.